I Didn’t Think I Needed an 'It' Prequel Until I Saw the 'Welcome to Derry' Trailer — Now It’s One of My Most Anticipated Shows of 2025
- HBO Max will premiere Welcome to Derry, a nine-episode prequel series to the 2017 It films, this fall in 2025.
- The series follows a new killing spree of Pennywise the Clown 27 years before the movies, expanding on the original Stephen King novel.
- Bill Skarsgård reprises his role as Pennywise, joined by a talented ensemble including Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, and Chris Chalk, with Andy Muschietti serving as director for several episodes.
- Creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti, along with Jason Fuchs, explore themes of friendship, loss, and fear as a weapon, capturing interludes from Mike Hanlon's investigation.
- Welcome to Derry aims to deepen the It universe, suggesting continued audience interest and positive anticipations surrounding this expanded storyline.
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‘Welcome to Derry’ Trailer: Pennywise Returns in ‘It’ Prequel on HBO Max
The terrifying Pennywise the Clown is back, but this time he’s haunting your TV screens. HBO Max has released the first trailer for “Welcome to Derry,” the “It” prequel series that is set to debut this fall. “Welcome to Derry” is set 27 years before the events of the two “It” movies, which were adapted […]
It: Welcome to Derry teaser trailer sets Pennywise loose in the 1960s
The upcoming TV series It: Welcome to Derry, which will serve as a prequel to Warner Bros’ two-part adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel It (pick up a copy HERE), was originally meant to be for the Max streaming service, but we recently learned that it will be airing on HBO as well. The show went into production in Port Hope, Ontario at the end of last year, and is now aiming for a premiere before the end of 2025 (sometime this fall, to …
IT: Welcome to Derry Trailer Brings Stephen King Horror to HBO
Derry welcomes you back. On Tuesday, the first teaser trailer for HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry floated online, offering a haunting look at the It prequel series set decades before 2017’s It and 2019’s It Chapter Two. Taking place in 1962 — 27 years before the Losers Club encountered the cosmic creature Pennywise the Clown […]
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